CAE vs. BBD.B, EFN, TIH, AC, FTT, STN, ATS, SES, TFII, and RUS
Should you be buying CAE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CAE include Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), Element Fleet Management (EFN), Toromont Industries (TIH), Air Canada (AC), Finning International (FTT), Stantec (STN), ATS (ATS), Secure Energy Services (SES), TFI International (TFII), and Russel Metals (RUS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B (TSE:BBD.B) and CAE (TSE:CAE) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
CAE has a net margin of 6.13% compared to CAE's net margin of 5.53%. Bombardier, Inc. Class B's return on equity of 6.24% beat CAE's return on equity.
18.6% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Bombardier, Inc. Class B shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CAE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has a beta of 2.96, meaning that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B received 307 more outperform votes than CAE when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.39% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Bombardier, Inc. Class B an outperform vote.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B currently has a consensus price target of C$87.56, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. CAE has a consensus price target of C$32.80, indicating a potential upside of 18.63%. Given Bombardier, Inc. Class B's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CAE is more favorable than Bombardier, Inc. Class B.
Bombardier, Inc. Class B has higher revenue and earnings than CAE. Bombardier, Inc. Class B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CAE had 2 more articles in the media than Bombardier, Inc. Class B. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CAE and 3 mentions for Bombardier, Inc. Class B. CAE's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Bombardier, Inc. Class B's score of 0.22 indicating that Bombardier, Inc. Class B is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bombardier, Inc. Class B beats CAE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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